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AUCTION SALES.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioners.

WALTER B. WILLIAMS l. CO., Auctioners.
REGULAR SATURDAY SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
EFFECTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AT OUR
TABLESPOONS. CORNER TENTH STREET AND
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, COMMENCING AT
Ten O'CLOCK A. N. BY ORDER OF THE GEN
ERAL POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, THREE
WILTON CARPETS, IN GOOD CONDITION.
Terms cash
1t WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., Aucts
ENRUSTEE'S SALE OF PERSONAL. PROPERTY
BY virtue of q deed of trust, dated November 16,
1885, recorder i'll Lber 1921 folio 1885, ct seq, L. r.
ID. c, on TUESDAY, MARCH TwENTY-NINT 1887,
at ZEN O'CLOCK A. M. at Duncanson Bros auction
rooms corner 9th and D streets northwest, Will
sell lot OF Household Furniture, consisting Of Parlor
anu chamber Sets, Carpets, Rugs, &c.
THOMAS NJ. FIELDS, Trustee,
mn2o-2t' 450 Louisiana ave. nv.
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WASHINGTON, d. C.
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
WALTER D. WILLIAMS CO., Auctioneers

WALTER .. WILLIAMS CO.. AuctiOneers
EXTENSIVE SALE OF WALNUT CHAMBER
SUITES, PARLOR FURNITURE, ROSEWOOD
CASE PIANO. GILT FRAME MIRRORS, CAR
PETS, CHINA AND GLASSWARE, ETC, THE
EaN SIuSE CONTENTS OF THE wELIsKN0WN
ASSP MGR s HOUSE, CORNER FIFTEENTH
AND STREETS NORTHWEST, NUMBERING
IN ALL ABOUT TWENTY-SEvEN ROOMS.
On TUESDAY, MARCH TWENTY NINTH, COM
menc1ng at Ten O'CLOCK AN, we shall sell the fol-
lowfngdescribed Furniture and many other articles
usually found In hrst-class house, to
eiumerate:
Rosewood Case Piano, "Wm. Knabe 4 Co. makers"
Stool and Cover; Handsome Walnut Frame Parior
SUITE upholstered in Raw Silk Gilt traced: Walnut
Frame Paror Suites upholstered in Raw Silk Old Gold
and CRIMSON Plush; Walnut Extension Tables, Two
Large GU Frame Pier Mirrors LARGE Walnut Frame
walnut Nardrobes. Lace Curtains and Window Hang
lngs Walnut Bedsteads, Bureaus and Washstands;
Brussels Hall and Stair Carpets, Wilton Body and
other Brussels Carpets throughout house, Springs,
Hair Mattresses Decorated Ware Latrobe Stoves and
Ranges, China, Glass and Crockery Ware, Kitchen
Utensils, etc. This sale offers unusual Inducements to
housekeepers and the trade generally is peremp
tory.
Terms cash
The Mcpherson House will be closed for repairs and
addlton ard will be reopened by Mrs. NJ T. Southal
nh2:S5t WALTER B. WILLIAMS co. Aucts
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AUCTION SALES.


EMBROIDERIES and SILKS.
The Catalogue includes ne assortment Of Turkish,
Persian, Cashmere and Camel's-hair Carpets OF very
large sizes.
The Colors Of Portieres forty in number excep-
tonally fine.
The small and medium-sixed Modern Antique and
Silk Rugs are very many
Rare Specimens Of Bokhara Shiratz. Royal Kossack,
Daghestan, Shirvan, Mecca, Tebrx, Khorassan, Per-
sian and Turkish Handiwork
Inc assortment Of rich Damascus yellow Silks, Per-
san IaoIecoverss Bulgarian Doyles, Moorish Swords
and Pistols real AngOra 0ostskins interesting Saddle
bags and rare KAlims will draw many Connoisseurs
EXHIBITIONS:
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,, MARCH TWENTY
SECOND and TwENTY.THIRD.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, MARCH
TWENTY-FoURTH. TwENTY-F1FTH and
TwENTY-sIxTH
AtEIEvEN AN EACH DAY.
In our Auction Rooms, corner 9th and streets.
mh1S-1t DUNCANsON BROTHERS.
ID
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DEFENDING HERSELF WITH A DEADLY KNHE--A
dispatch from Eagle Pass, Tex, says: "At Mo-
rales, Mexico, last Saturday night, Two 4exicans,
Andreas Alfnindraz and Encarnaclo Martinez,
attempted to force entrance into the house Of a
woman named Helena San Manuel Armed with
knife, she resisted the fntruderS killing Admin.
draz instantly and mortally wounding Martinez.
The woman was arrested and Is now In Jail"
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SPECIAL SALE
MOST ELEGANT ROSEWOOD CHAMBER SUITE,
FOUR PIECES.
On SATURDAY, MARCH 20, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK
A M, we shall sell within our salesroom One Hand
some Rosewood Chamber Suite Three Pieces; also
que Elegant French Plate-Glass ArmOire to Match,
beautifully Carved This suite made to order,
aug cost the owner One Thousand Dollars.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS h CO.,
mh24-2t Auctioneers.
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7. WALKERS SONS 2O4 10TH ST. NV
% Moth Wax, Payer Lima, W. W. Brushes Charcoal.
CeIaent, Plaster. Pitch &C.
Telephone Sl6-lZ. uah9
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FRoxIN OCf SPBCULATORs WANT DAHAoR.-SayD
q dispatch from Chicago: James Henry John
Miller, Henry Rogers and Orson r. Terry sued
M1ley, Strawbr1dge Co, commission men, for
yesterday me plaint1ns, who are Fennsyivsnts
people, state that they dealt In PORK through The
DEFENDANTS here, the UNDERSTANDING being thas
In price OF twenty-five cents per barrel They
received no notice, and fondiy Imagined thst the
that pork was up IS per baSrol and they had been
frozen out. They want their money hack
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WHAT rs TIE MYSTERIOUS PowER,-The body az
John Murphy who was drowned at vincennes
Ind, on March z, was found sunday morning By
Deputy Postmaster Roseman, who asserts that he
was impelled 70 the rivers side and 10 the very
spot where the body was This Is the NTH BODY
that he has found In an almost similar manner
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OUNCANSON
mhlS-d&d9 OF
rHANCERY SALE
~ OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY IN
THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE CITY OF

THE EAsTEEN sEcT1oS Of The CITY CITY Of Of
WASHINGTON, D. C.
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court of eaR
the District OF C0iu.lba. passed on the fifth day NV
OF February, A. d. 1887, in cause No. 9491, Il
Equity Doc "a We wiz sell At public auctions il front
DAY OF MARCH, 1887, at FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the
following parcels Of land all in the city of Washing
ton, in the District of Columbia:
FIRST The north four a feet eleven III inches Of
Let Numbered SEVENTY t10 in the subdivision of part
trustee. on North Capitol street. between aud ii
streets.
SECOND: Also, on the SANE DAY, in front Of the
premises. ut QUARTER PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM,
lots numbered eighty 500, eighty (Sl), eighty
two $50, eighty three tS1 eighty -four (s4, eighty
hundred and one l1O1), one hundred and two IG5)
one hundred and three u03) one hundred and four
900, one hundred and i've uO5), one hundred aud
six 1O8), one hundred and seven uO1), hundred
and eight OS one hundred and nine Il O0), hun
dred and ten 110l, one hundred and eleven
tl16 TALL Oh Fenton Place, between LIST st. and
North Capitol ST. one hundred and thirty three Il 3d.
one hundred and thirty four 134), one hundred and
thirty-fye Q3ol one hundred and thirty six $3.50.
one hundred and thirty seven q37l, one hundred and
CAD, one hundred and forty two Il 42) one hun
four CAD one hundred s3G 455. one hun
dred and forty nx ll49 hundred and forty seven
a47 one hundrs ds and s.tyons tle1!: one hundred
Q63), hundred and sixty.four u64G one hundred
and sixty five 165). one hundred and sixty-six $780,
fall on st., between 1st 1T east and North Capitol
AND ALSO on THURSDAY, the THIRTY-FIRsT
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THE GOVERNOR THINKS CLEVELAND NAY BIZ RE-
NoMINATED-THE PROSPECTS IN vIRGINIA-IP THE
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT UNITED THERE WILL BE
DANCER
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DIANO LESSONS
Il Bya gentleman thoroughly competent to teach.
Good references.
Address Box :. Star office. mh12- Inn
CTAMMERIN(I CURED
- Consult Mrs. VI. STEVENS HART, Principal of
Washington School of FlOcution and English Lam
gu3e. 9O4 vi st NV System endorsed by Physicians,
Ia audi 1rfy I'm
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SUPPLIES.

APPLES Apples, $5@8; dried ap-
pies, $3.50 per pound from store.
Dried peaches, 6(98c from store.
VEaETABLRs-Onions, $3@3 80 from
store. Cabbage, crate, Southern, So 90
GA. Kraut, brls, SO; half brls, So
Garlic, 40(960c per 100. Turnips, =
per brl. Celery, 100000.
FBUIT-O Oranges, imported, So bOa4
per box; Florida, per box, So. Lem,
ous, SO 2593 80 per box. Bananas,
81 50(92 80 per bunch.
NUTs-Cocoanuts-$8 per 100. Pea
nuts-Virginis, &c; Tennessee farm
ers' stock, 3@4c; roasted, 2Ac higher ;
shelled, 10c. Almonds, 18c. Walnuts
English, l8C; French, Sc. Flberts,
124c. Pecans-Texss, I: iUC; Brazil
nuts, 121c. Ohestnuts-Imported, l23c
per pound.
RAIsINs-London layers, SO; layers
So 70; California, 50 ID.
PlCKLEs-In jars, pints, 96c; quarts,
81 50; h~alf-sallons, So rs; gallong,
SO 75j loose, barrels, So 50@7; half
barrela, "a; mixed, harrels, $40 30;
mixed, hsli-barrels, So.
EGas-Easy, l0c.
PoTAToEs-New, So 1904; old, 81 70
az; sweet potatoes, ST. per barrel.
CIDER-New York, 20 80 per barrel
and SO 80 per half barrel.
FnH--Mackerel, half barrels, No. /,
1906 %; No. 2, S. 60@5 rs; No, 3,
$4 6@4 rs; l0.lb kit, No. l, 81; No.
2, 95c; No. 3, 75c. Dry herrings,
25c per box.
GAME-Game fish, 5@6c.
VNEeAR-l2@15o per gallon.
SoAP5-3@33c.
CANDLEs-Full weight, 1905.
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@N~'N
At noon: Liverpool spots were quie.
and unchanged. Sales, 5000 bales, o.
which American $500 bales. Receipts
1000 bales, Of which American 20(
bales.
Closing quotations were as fol.
lowe: Ordinary, 3D.; good ordinary,
30 I'D; low middling, 5 9.16d; good
middling, 5 13 .16d; mlddling uplsnds,
511.16d; middling Orleans, 53d.
The prices are giuen in pence and64thS,
thus: 4 SO medns4 63-64d; and 5 01neans
5 1-64d]
At noon: Liverpool futures were
dull. May, =; Msy.June, @5 441;
June-July, 8 AID; July.August 48d ;
August September, 5 AID; September.
October, 8 1905 sod; October-No.
vember, 5 31@5 sod; November De-
cember, 8 PSI; September, 5 4Sd.
At pm: Liverpool futures we're
quiet and steady; May, 5 AID, sellers;
May June, 5 AID, sellers; J~une-July,
5 AID, buyers; July.August, 8 46d,
buyers; August-September, 5 4Sd,
sellers; September. October, 5 Sod,
buyers October November, 5 BOD, buy.
ers; November December, 5 Esd, sell
ers; September, s 49i, sellers.
At 4 pm: Liverpool futures were
elsy; May, 5 Add, sellers; M~sy-June,
5 AID, sellers; June'July, 8 43d, buy.
ers; July-August, 8 45d, sellsra; Au.
gust. September, 5 48d, sellers; Sep
tember- October, 5 38d, sellers; Octo-
ber-November, 5 29d, buyers; Novem-
ber-December, 8 I'D, sellers; septem-
Der, 5 AID, buyers.
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PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Butterine, 14@163; cream.
cry, 27c; dairy, 22@2Sc; county
butter, 15@22c.
Hoe PRoDUcTs- STEADY; new mess
pork, $18; old mess pork, $40;
sugar cured hams, 12@l3c; breakfast
bacon, 103@1l3c; clear rib sides bacon,
8Bc; clear sides bacol, 9tc; bacon
shoulders, 6jc; bulk pork clear sides,
Sic; clear rib sides, 8@83c; shout
ders, &c; long clear, Sc; pork strips,
tic.
LARD = Tierces, 7B@7ic; half bar
rels, 7a97ic; kegs, H@7ic; choice
kettle, 88@S4c
Fresh MRATs-Cold storage beef,
forequarters, 4@5c; mutton, 7 to Sc;
hind quarters Of beef, 7@9c; hogs,
62@7c.
OHEEsE--Prime flats, 9@10c; New
York factory, none; full cream, l4@
l44c; Young America, 14(G141c.
Pics FKET-Barrels, 81 50; half bar
rels, So rs; kegs, ST. 15.
PoULTRY-Ohickens active; spring,
S1@4i old hens, So Is. Turkeys,
Geese, So. Ducks, So.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 9.-Provisions
very quiet. Pork-old mess, $l4 70
@15 irregular new, $16. Lard, SO IS
@6 70. Dry salt meats, boxed
shoulders,$5 673@5 87I; long clear
and clear rib, 81 80; short clear,
81 673. Bacon-boxed shoulders, So %
as 81; oug clear, and clear rib, So
as %; short cIear,$8 35@8 SO. Hams
1lt9l4c Eggs dull and weaker at
3409c. Batter demand moderate
values easy; creamery, 1S@2lc;
l4@1Sc.
CHICAGO, ILL, May s.-Trading In
short ribs and lard was light and main
OF q scalping nature. Atthe OPEN
ng q weak feeling prevailed, but to-
ward the close a better feeling sat in,
a slight reaction followed, aud
asst sales, at l o'clock, were a. the
anne figures as Saturdays close. Dash
quotations were as follows: Mess pork,
Der brl, $23 90; lard, per 100 lbs, IS
short rib sides, loose, 81 40; dry
Ialted shoulders, boxed, S. 66v95 20;
hort clear sides, boxed, 81 1907 10.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Ness pork-May and June opened at
s23 20, highest 1923 25, lowest 1923 20,
at t23 %; Lard-May opened
It So 50, highest So IS, lowest So 823,
at So 823; June opened at
IS 80, highest Sc 80, lowest So 81, clos
ng at t6 80; July opened al So 971,
~ 974, lowest Sc 95, closing at
IS ga; August opened at 81 05, high
at 81 %, lowest 81 05, closing at 81 %.
|hort ribs-MaY opened ct 81 40, high.
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GROCERIRR

SUGAR-Pure white, etc; of white
&c; yellow clarified, &C.; seconds, ga
6tc; refined A, etc; granulatsd, 6Ac,
plantation graduated, 8t@63c; DOW.
dered, 7tc; cut loaf, 7tc.
OANDEs-Sticks, all sizes, in boxes,
pals and barrels, 7399ic.
COFFEE = Common, 15fc; ordinary,
Ice fair, 17ac; prime Rio, l9@19fc;
choice to fancy, 1Sa@l9c; old govern
ment, 25A2Sc. Strong.
SoAP-S@53c per pound.
SALT-l 20 per barrel; sacks, fne,
81 35@l As; coarse, 81 10G1 ID;
pockets, blesched, 2t97c; car loads
from levee or depot, &c cheaper.
MoLAssns-Louisians, common TO
fair, 2692Sc; prime to choice, AZ
@45c; syrup, 25@40c; common to
fair, 25@2Sc; prime tn choice, 36a4Oc;
centrifugal fancy, 35(940c.
CANNED GOODS, ErC.-Prices per
dozen: Pineapples, 81 25@l 80;
peaches, 2.lb standard, 81 35(9l As;
seconds, 81 l0@l 10; tomatoes, 2-lb
standard, sl@l 10; S-lb, 81 l5@l %;
Strawberries, ii l0f61 %; raspberries,
81 lo(9l 20, blackberries, SI@l I6;
green cages, 81 COOL rs; pears, SEA
225; plums, 81 COOL 20; asparagus,
81 1904; green corn, Fl Pool 45;
green peas, 81 55(9l IS; . v oysters,
full weight, lib, S5@95c; cove oysters,
full weight, 2-lb, 81 coal rs; cove
oysters, light weight, lib, 55@85c;
cove oysters, light weight, BIB, $40
10; condensed milk-Crowu, S5 70
@6 IS; Eagle, 81 rs; Swiss, IS rs.
SANTOS May 7-Coffee-good fair
700 reis psr 10 kilcs. Re-
during the week, $4,000 bags
purchases for the United States, IL.
600 bags; c~leararces, for the United
none; stock, 100000 bags.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 9.-Oofee
and higher; Rio, 153@l8ic.
Rice, Ss@4ct. Sugar-fair to prime,
45@5c; centrifugals-off white, 53@5
9 l6c; choice yellow clarified, 8 9.l6
seconds, 4i@5c. Molssses-
prime to fancy, 2S@33c.
Rio oh JANKIRo, May Coffee
regular fret, 1860 reis per 10
kilos; good second, 1850. Receipts
the week, 5000 bags; pur-
,hsses for the United States, none;
for the United States, %, 1000
bags; stock, $4,000 bags,
New YoRK, May 9.-Coffee-Spot
air Rio firm at l7ac; options higher
md active, closing weak; sales, 1884,
100 bags; May, 15.S5@l5.9 5c; June,
,6.sO@16. l5c; July, Is 05916 40c;
August, IS. 2O@18. SOC; September
8259l6 Doc; October, 10. 30(918 Csc;
16.35@16.8 CSC; December,
8.S59l6. zoe; January, l .76c; Febru+
ny, l6.35@l6, Zoe. Sugar quiet and
fair refining, 4ic; Nseiined
Iuiet; off A, 6@SBc; standard A,
6l695tc, Molasses quiet. Rice
teady and quiet.
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opium, per pound, "a %; pow
dered, 70 10 per pound; iodide
potash, 80 10 per pound; sub
nitrate bismuth, 81 20 per pound ,inclu.
sive; ~chloroform, 45c per pound; blue
mass, 4Sc per pound; calomel, SOC per
pound; mercury, CSC per pound;
chloral hydrate, 81 80 per pound cam
phor, 28c per pound; alcohol, barrels,
per gallon, q 20; castor oil, barrels,
per gallon, 81 40.
PAINTS AND 0n-White lead, COL
hers, 6tc per pound, 23c of 10 days;
Southern white lead, &c per pound,
800 pounds, SIC, 2ic of 10 days; boiled
linseed oil, 4Sc per gallon, by barrel;
raw, 4Oci turpentine, SS3c per gallon,
by barrel,
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FINANCE and COMMERCE.
HONEY 6 TO 8 PER CENT, NEW
YORK EXCHANGE is PREM.
Cotton Firm-MiddIing Cotton, 10Se
Sales Yesterday, 800
Rales.

Money is easy at the banks, with
plenty to supply demands, at 6 to s
per cent. Bank, insurance aud 9th.
or local stocks and bonds are firm.
Foreign securities quiet. The cotton
market firm; middling, 10ic. Sales,
300 bales, At New York spots were
easier; middling, 10 15.16c. Futures
barely steady and 2 to 8 points lower;
Nay, lO,74@1O. 76c.
A leading New York cotton circular
says OF the speculative market: DAT
frat there was an effort to stimulate
June again, but fading no response
support was Withdrawn, and the mar
ket ssggtd off some 8 points from the
highsst, with final rates 4 and 5 points
under 8 .turday evening and tone
low"
At New Orleans spots opened quiet
and closed easy; middling, 10Sc. Fut.
ures stesdy and 8 to IL points lower.
NA"yi AO'fO9lU.tlC
At Liverpool spots were quiet and
unchanged; middling, 8 11.16d. Fut-
ures easy; May, 543 64d, sellers.
The general market presents a firm
feeling.
IMPORTS.
One hundred and sixty axis bran, 1926
brls beans and peas, 1853 pkgs bacon,
3OS pkgs boots aud shoes, 1850 bu
corn, 20 pkgs cheese, so SKIS coffee, BIO
SKIS cotton seed, 2 cars cotton ssed, 12I
pkes dry goods, 100 pkes eggs, 6l3 brls
flour, 4I0 bales hay, SO pkgs hats, 81
nd cattle, l nd horses and mules, 361
pkRs lard, 10000 fs lumber, 1874 pkgs
liquors, 100 brls meal, so brls molasses,
5000 blu oats, 10 brls onions, 1875 brls
potatoes, 8 cars pork sides, 5 cars rice,
rs brls sugar and 800 pkgs tobacco.
ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following sho VS. the amount of
grain received, withdrawn and in store
by regular elevators, as reported to the
Merchants Exchange yesterday:
Wheat - in store, 489 bu. Corn =
received, 2l20 bu; withdrawn, 7517 bu;
In store, 1881 bu. Oats-withdrawn,
l25 bu; in store, 3799 bu.
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GENERAL NEWS.

VERY warm.
BUSINESS fair.
RIVER falling slowly.
FIVE boats leaving today.
The packets had fair trips out.
The Golden Rule Is the next 40"
line boat due up.
The Port Eads is due down on her
way to New Orleans.
DURING the "a hours ending al noon
yesterday the river here fell 4 inches.
THE Mary Houston, loaded fat,
passed to New Orleans without land
ing,
The Raymond Horner, en- route Ia
New Oheans with a tow Of coal, is due
down.
The City OF Baton Rouge was x
pected to pass here last night on her
way to st. Louis.
THE Iron Duke, with a tow, is ex.
pected to pass here today. She has a
barge loaded with tile for this port.
THE City Of Cairo, Capt. Lightner,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving
this evening for Cairo and st. Louis.
THE W. w. O'Neill, with a big tow
OF coal, passed to New Orleans yester-
day. She dropped several boats here.
THE Kate Kdsms for Arkansas CITY,
James Lee for Friats Point, and the
Ooahoma for OSceola left with fair
trips.
THE City Of Providence, Capt. Car.
veil, leaves here at 10 O'Clock this
morning for Vicksburg and way
points.
THE Will s. Hays, running under
the auspices Of the Anchor Line, Ia
announced to leave here at noon TO.
day for New Orleans.
The Rene Macresdy, Capt. o. X.
Joplin, leaves this evening for st.
Francis river. Messrs. Lee and Gus
are her clerks.
THE U. p. Schenck, from New Or
passed TO Cincinnati yesterday.
She put off 100 packages and added
1900 bales of compressed cotton.
The Jay Gould broke her larboard
when near Island So, and she
up yesterday towing one barge
left the balance OF her tow be-
ow here. She will make repairs at st.
THE Ohio, Capt. NJ. M. Deem, Is the
packet leaving at 8 o'clock
his evening for Cairo, Evansville,
louisville, Cincinnati aud all way
points on the Mississippi and Ohio
ivers. Mr.. Harry Proctor ia chief
Jerk,
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iAb've LowI
Water. Changes.
Rise Fall
Feet lOths lOthsI l0ths

EVANSVILLE, May 9.-Noon - River
~ feet on the gauge ana falling.
Weather clear and warm.
~PITTsBURa, May 9.-Noon - River
o feet 8 inches on the gauge and
rising. Weather cloudy and pleasant.
WHEELING, May 9.-Noon-River
IL feet 8 inches ON the gauge and
rising. Weather clear and pleasant.
LOUISVILLE, May 9.-Noon- River
8 feet 10 inches In the canal and
7 feet 8. inches On the falls and fall
ing. Weather clear aud warm.
CINCINNATI, May 9.-Noon-R River
% feet 3 inches on the gauge and
falling. Weather clear Thermometer,
73o. Arrived: Buckeye State, Mem
phis.
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hUmBER MARA ET.

The following are the wholesale
prices OF lumber in this market:
LATHs-Poplar 81 so; cypress, 80 %,
POPLAR L in, LIST and % clear, $25
IL and ill.,, LIST and I'd clear, S25;
common board, S12 50@l6 siding
strips, Ike, face measure, LIST and I'd,
SOS dressed, l, IA and 2 in, LIST and I'd,
S30@35; common dressed, l in, SIS
@20,
TINBKR-Poplar, $500; cypress, So
@9; cottonwood, 1908; gum, $50
$50; oak, 1908; ash, 1905; black
walnut, $20a50.
RED GuMs-2ds, $1s919, nominal
common, 5000.
CorroEwooD-1 to 8 in. mill run,
culls out, $l0911. .
YELLOW PINR-1, II and 2 in, LIST
and I'd, $20@24; dressed, $50; flooring,
5 and 8 in, SIS; flooring, 3 and 4 in,
s27 so; ~ flooring, 500 80; heart step
lumber, 10000; I ceiling, SOS; 4 cell
ing, $22 so; ! ceiling, $40.
AsH--lst and I'd clear, / to 3 in,
$20923; common, S119l3 80.
CYPRESS Il, Il and 2 in, LIST and I'd
clear, $25@27 90; common, SIS; fenc.
ing, Ike, left, $15.
SHINGLES NO. /, sawed or shaved,
"a sawed or shaved saps, $3.50.
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LIVE STOCK.

OoRN FED OATTLR-Ohoice to extra,
4i@41c; good, 3a94c.
GRASS CATTLE - Choice, 3(935c
good, 2a@3fo; fair to medium, 2t@23o
scallawags, 13@2c.
Hoes Choice, 6@5fc; good, 43@
&c.
sHEEP- Choice, 4943c; medium,
3l@Sac,
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, May 9.-The
Lire Stock Indicator reports: Oattle-re-
ceipts, 1900 head; shipments, none;
market firm and a shade stronger for
shipping, others abont steady good to
choice shipping, "a 1904 SO; common
to medium, So 80@4 20; stockers,
81 60@3 20; feeding steers, So 300
3 90. HOgs-Receipts, 500; ship.
ments, 900; markes weak aud l0c low
or, closing weak; good to choice, 81 95
@5 10; common to medium, 81 80
GA 90; skips and pigs, So 50(94 80.
Sheep-receipte, 800; shipments, none;
market steady; good to choice. 50 900
8 90; common to medium, 1902 80.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 9.-The Drou.
erS' Journal reports: Cattle-receipfs,
6C0O head; shipments, 1000; market
strong and a shade higher; shipping
steere, $50 to 1900 pounds, $4@4 30;
stookers and feeders, so 1904 20;
COWS, bulls and mixed, $2@4; bulk,
1903 30; Texas cattle, 81 1904 35.
Hogs-receipts, 10000 head; ship.
ments, 5000 head market weak aud
10c lower; rough and mixed, 81 800
8 26; packing and shipping, IS 200
B 40 light, "a 65@5 20; skips, 500
4 30. sheep-reCeipts, 3400 head;
shipments, 800 head; market steady;
wooded, $4@5 40; shorn, $3@4 25;
Texans, $3@3 80; lambs, 81 6096.
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est 81 40, lowest 81 IS, closing at 81 S74
June opened at 81 42t, highest 81 47l,
lowest 81 42i, closing at 81 IS; July
opened at 81 52i, highest 81 57i, lowest
~ SO, closing at 81 IS; August opened
st 81 80, highest 81 6S, lowest 81 80,
closing al 81 IS. On the Produce Ex-
change today the butter market was
Receipts liberal; prices a shade lower.
Creamery, ls@22c; dairy, 1539lSc.
Eggs, firm 10i@l1c Del dozen,
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WOOL.

Wool - BURY grease wool, I'M
washed, 13@l8c; clear grease wool,
23@25c; bury washed, 23@9Oc; tub
washed, 33935c.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 9.-Wool active
and steady; %unwashed, good to me-
dunn, N@25c; coarse braid, 5000
low sandy, 14@l8e; fine light, IS
@22c; fine heavy, 10000; tub wash
ed, choice, 35@36c; fair, 32@33C; low,
29lA30G. .